Depicted here is a slightly older Alice advancing through a Gothic archway into Wonderland. The attention given to certain details reveals a strong familiarity both with the source material and the visual arts themselves. Alice determinedly steps from the domain of the viewer into this landscape, where, in the distance, playing cards can be seen painting rosebushes. Looming overhead from the spandrels are the Cheshire Cat and White Rabbit, two key interlocutors in Alice’s journey.
